Speckle Interferometry of Secondary Components in Nearby Visual Binaries
Abstract
Statistical characterization of secondary subsystems in binaries helps to distinguish between various scenarios of multiple-star formation. The Differential Speckle Survey Instrument was used at the Gemini-N telescope for several hours in 2015 July to probe the binarity of 25 secondary components in nearby solar-type binaries. Six new subsystems were resolved, with meaningful detection limits for the remaining targets. The large incidence of secondary subsystems agrees with other similar studies. The newly resolved subsystem HIP 115417 Ba,Bb causes deviations in the observed motion of the outer binary from which an astrometric orbit of Ba,Bb with a period of 117 years is deduced.
Based on observations obtained at Gemini-N.- Publication:
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The Astronomical Journal
- Pub Date:
- November 2016
- DOI:
- 10.3847/0004-6256/152/5/116
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1608.06586
- Bibcode:
- 2016AJ....152..116T
- Keywords:
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- binaries: visual;
- stars: low-mass;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- Accepted by Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 7 pages, 4 figures, 3 tables
